San Mateo, CA | A Californian man is being treated at the
San Mateo Medical Center after his boyfriend’s fist was stuck for a painstaking
14 hours in his own rectum.

The couple who were allegedly practicing “fisting,” a sexual activity that
involves inserting a hand into the partner’s rectum, called 9-1-1 after they
were unable to release the man’s hand from his boyfriend’s anal cavity.

Both men were transported by ambulance to San Mateo Medical Center where
hospital staff successfully released the man’s hand only 14 hours later, a
complicated task due to heavy inflammation, blood loss and risk of laceration,
say doctors.

“I know I’ll never have the opportunity to give birth in my
lifetime, but I think I know what it feels like now” Mathew Cunning, 23, told
reporters.

“I just talked to my mom on the phone and she told me she had felt the same
thing when she was in labor,” he admitted.

“My mom was really supportive through this whole ordeal. She talked to me
on the phone the whole time the doctors were trying to get Hernando’s hand out
of there. She’s just the greatest,” he added in tears.

Mathew Cunning’s boyfriend, Hernando Iglesias, says his big hands and the
fact they did not use any lubricant are to blame for the incident.

“Out of
lubricant”

The couple firmly believes that, had they used lubricant, the trip to the
hospital could have been avoided.

“I usually use Crisco or vegetable oil but we
were out of everything. It was definitely not our lucky day” admits Iglesias,
visibly amused by the media attention.

“It happened so fast. One second, we were cuddling and
enjoying ourselves, and moments later, we’re in an ambulance and my fist is
stuck in Matt’s butt. It was unreal,” he recalls.

“Matt is a real hero, he handled the pain like a real soldier. The hospital
staff was awesome. They found me a bed so I could sleep a few hours through the
procedure,” he added.

Matthew Cunning, who has lost a large amount of blood and received an
impressive 37 stitches, is set to be released from the hospital in the next few
days and should not endure any permanent damage from the incident, say doctors.

Although Cunning admits his “handballing” days aren’t necessarily over, he
hopes others in the “fisting community” will pay heed to this incident and use
the proper lubricants to safely enjoy the practice.